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Definition

to call — typically to ask or tell someone to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod of the head

beckons = calls (in this case by being desirable and inviting)

beckoned = summoned (called to join) with a gesture

It beckoned Scrooge to approach, which he did.
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

beckoned = called (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)

He spoke a few words to some of the generals, and, recognizing the former commander of Rostov's division, smiled and beckoned to him.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace

beckoned = called (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)

Lenehan and Mr O'Madden Burke, hearing, turned, beckoned and led on across towards Mooney's.
James Joyce -- Ulysses

beckoned = called (to come by using a hand gesture or a nod)

One of the keepers is beckoning. Reluctantly I turn to go.
Katherine Applegate -- The One and Only Ivan

beckoning = calling (to come)

The first people who saw him ran away, but he stood beckoning to them.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

beckoning = calling (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)

Often they didn't even come out into the street but beckoned to a messenger from their doorway.
Jeanne DuPrau -- The City of Ember

beckoned = called to come (by using a hand gesture or a nod)

I moved faster when I saw Jem far ahead beckoning in the moonlight.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

beckoning = called (to come by using a hand gesture or a nod)

"Ah, it is Jacopo," she said, "the captain of the yacht;" and she beckoned him towards them.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo

beckoned = called (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)

He beckoned our neighbor over and handed Mom to him.
Darren Shan -- A Living Nightmare

beckoned = called (to come by using a hand gesture or a nod)

Aris opens a door and beckons for Thomas to follow him.
James Dashner -- The Scorch Trials

beckons = calls (to follow by using a hand gesture or a nod)

Beyond the archway, black space beckoned.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Fallen Angels

beckoned = called (figuratively, by leading to a desired goal)

He beckoned to me to follow him into the kitchen.
Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle

beckoned = called (to follow by using a hand gesture or a nod)

They did not want to follow when he beckoned, but reluctantly, they followed Daagoo into the night for what seemed a long time.
Velma Wallis -- Two Old Women

beckoned = called (to follow by using a hand gesture or a nod)

He winked, beckoned me with a backward movement of his head.
David Almond -- Kit's Wilderness

beckoned = called (to come—in this case by nodding the head)

So peremptorily did these shades beckon him, that each day mankind and the claims of mankind slipped farther from him.
Jack London -- The Call of the Wild

beckon = call

This morning I was in for a nasty surprise: after breakfast Peter beckoned me upstairs.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

beckoned = called (to come by using a hand gesture or a nod)

At that moment, the dungeon door opened, and Snape beckoned them all inside.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

beckoned = called (to come by using a hand gesture or a nod)

Iago beckons me; now he begins the story.
William Shakespeare -- Othello, the Moor of Venice

beckons = calls (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)

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